2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1239+ words) “I didn’t know that AI could hallucinate facts,” New Mexico defense lawyer says. The New Mexico Supreme Court held a ChatGPT-using lawyer in direct contempt of court for submitting a brief with “false testimony from wholly fabricated witnesses,” including fake…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (476+ words) Judge tosses lawsuits, says plaintiffs didn’t allege any real privacy violation. “The federal court determined that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the LinkedIn users’ claims,” Howell told Ars today. “The court did not adjudicate whether LinkedIn’s surveillance practices were lawful....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (766+ words) FCC tells court it is “open-minded” about whether ABC should lose licenses. The Federal Communications Commission yesterday urged a court to dismiss a Disney lawsuit and let the FCC continue a proceeding that could end in the nonrenewal of ABC’s…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (531+ words) Circuit split raised the odds that SCOTUS will rule on Kalshi fight against states. New Jersey yesterday asked the Supreme Court to rule on whether states can regulate sports betting on prediction markets such as Kalshi. “Companies like Kalshi claim…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (165+ words) The FBI is reportedly investigating a massive data breach that is unfolding in real time. Not long ago, I rented an SUV from a well-known car rental company. Within hours of an employee scanning my driver’s license, a high-resolution scan…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (705+ words) FTC says firm replaces actual ad-auction results “with higher prices set by Amazon.” The Federal Trade Commission and 22 states sued Amazon yesterday, alleging that it has conducted a secret scheme to overcharge advertisers for seven years. The FTC said it…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (651+ words) Lawsuit: Anthropic’s torrenting totally screwed songwriters as AI songs top charts. Some of the world’s leading music publishers think that Anthropic got off too light in a historic settlement where the Claude maker paid authors $1.5 billion after admitting to pirating…...